Lachnophorus
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Carabidae
Name
Lachnophorus Dejean, 1831 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Lachnophorus Dejean, 1831:28
- Stigmaphorus Motschulsky, 1862:48
- Aretaonus Liebke, 1936:461
Type species
Lachnophorus pilosus Dejean, 1831:29
Way of life
Size range – 4.0 mm to 6.3 mm; these small beetles are found on bare sandy stream banks in shady forests, or on sand in sunny areas along rivers. Their coloration pattern makes them appear like ants, and movements are ant-like, but they do not necessarily occur with ants. They catch small arthropod prey on the run much like tiger beetles.
Distribution
Southern United States south to Uruguay, including the larger Caribbean islands.
Notes
Currently, 42 described species are assigned to this genus. A taxonomic revision of the genus is needed. Identification is very difficult without recourse to types.
References
Liebherr (1988)[1]; Erwin (1991)[2]; Ball and Bousquet (2000)[3]; Bousquet (2012)[4]; Erwin et al. (2012)[5].
Taxon Treatment
- Erwin, T; Zamorano, L; 2014: A synopsis of the tribe Lachnophorini, with a new genus of Neotropical distribution and a revision of the Neotropical genus Asklepia Liebke, 1938 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Carabidae) ZooKeys, 430: 1-108. doi
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Other References
- ↑ Liebherr J (1988) Redefinition of the Supertribe Odacanthitae, and revision of the West Indian Lachnophorini (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Quaestiones entomolgicae 24(1): 1–42.
- ↑ Erwin T (1991) Natural history of the carabid beetles at the BIOLAT Rio Manu Biological Station, Pakitza, Perú. Revista Peruana de Entomología 33: 1–85.
- ↑ Ball G, Bousquet Y (2000) Carabidae Latreille, 1810. In: Arnett R Thomas M (Eds) American beetles. Volume 1. Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga:Staphyliniformia. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, 32–132.
- ↑ Bousquet Y (2012) Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico (in three parts). ZooKeys 245: 1–1722. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.245.3416
- ↑ Erwin T, Micheli C, Hevel G (2012) The Beetle Family Carabidae of Guyane (French Guyana): The Tribes, Genera, and number of species known, with notes on their ways of life. (Insecta: Coleoptera: Adephaga). Le Coléoptériste 5: 1–88. [ACOREP, Paris]
